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Pick your place
Everything gets its own space
Get it all set up before we go
Don’t dismiss
Everything you’re starting to miss
If you didn’t before, now you know
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
Take a shot
A photograph’s the best you’ve got
You can’t remember it all, all on your own
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
Where we’re playing music
We never want to leave again
But we will
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
The whole point of the trip is to get back home
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Let's Go Get Lost
02:53
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It’s time to go at last
Fill the car with gas and snacks
And mixtapes from the past
Don’t have to go so fast
No one’s in pursuit
We’ll leave the highway to the squares
And take the scenic route
Past farmers throwing fruit
Getting lost like Robert Frost suggests we do
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost
We’ll ride the Mohawk Trail
Snaking past that cold Cold River
Just beyond the rail
Fishermen with pails
The campground on the right
The pond explodes with pollywogs
And fires burn in the night
Make everything smell right
Getting lost like Robert Frost suggests we do
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get
I can’t believe we never made it all the way out here before
We’ll keep on turning left until we finally find our way back home sweet home, oh!
Getting lost like Robert Frost suggests we do
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go!
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Drive Drive Drive Drive
02:52
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What would you think
‘Bout leaving early
What would you say
If I suggested
Grab your things, don’t say goodbye, and just slip into the night
It’s too loud in here
Everyone’s talkin’
We should be out there
Peacefully walkin’
Under the stars to the cars so we can drive out of sight
But could we do it?
Really do it?
Sell it all and drive drive drive drive
We’ll drive for our lives
And see the world up close
And finally see ourselves in the world
Side by side
Side by side
It’s so nice in here
Gets nicer by the minute
How could we leave
All we put in it
Toss the keys, flip the switch, don’t look back, and walk out the door
But could we do it?
Really do it?
Sell it all and drive drive drive drive
We’ll drive for our lives
And see the world up close
And finally see ourselves in the world
Side by side
Side by side
Don’t you think that you’d enjoy a
Stroll beneath the sweet sequoias
Let’s go!
But could we do it? Really do it?
Sell it all and drive drive drive drive
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Birds of Massachusetts
03:14
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When you leave there’s a cloud in your wake
You’ll return we don’t doubt you
We might grieve in a crowd by the lake
It’s not the same here without you
Colors fade
Grays on grey
Birds, birds of Massachusetts, birds
Birds of Massachusetts
When you’re here there’s more light in the place
All those colors really suit you
When you’re gone there’s no chase in the race
We look forward to the future
One more thing
Raise your wings
Birds, birds of Massachusetts, birds
Birds of Massachusetts
In the next booth
There’s a fountain of youth
And we try to hold on
The wind blowin’ our nests
Birds, birds of Massachusetts
Birds, birds of Massachusetts, birds
Birds of Massachusetts
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Let's Make a Plan
03:35
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Let’s go outside and stand together
Even though we’ve got no power at all
We’ll shake our fists at the weather
We’ll shake our fists, stand up tall
Look the sky in the eye and say,
“We could use a break”
One million miles and we’re still going
Can’t see a reason for stopping now
We’ve hit some snags but we’re not slowing
We’ll lower the sun visors down and
Look the sky in the eye and say
“Send us one of those perfect sunsets.”
Look the sky in the eye
“Make it feel like movie”
Keep your hands on the wheel when you’re talking to me
Keep your eyes on the road when you’re looking at me
Let’s make a plan
Let’s make a plan and leave it behind
Let’s make a deal and not deliver
Let’s break all our promises
We’ll drive the van into a river
Let’s disappear in the woods
Look the sky in the eye and say
“You didn’t see anything”
Look the sky in the eye and wink.
Keep your hands on the wheel when you’re talking to me
Keep your eyes on the road when you’re looking at me
Let’s make a plan
Let’s make a plan
Let’s make a plan and leave it behind
Leave it behind
Leave it behind
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6. |
Some Folks Venture Out
03:49
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You said a house is like a sweater
You said that nothing will begin
You said you don't want to get any better
And everybody's asking where you’ve been
Aw man
Some folks venture out and some dig in
They said zip out of your winter jacket
I could barely hear them in the din
Try to acclimate to the happy racket
While everybody’s asking where you’ve been
Oh man
Some folks venture out and some dig in
And if they pry
Then I will try
To change the conversation so I don’t have to lie
And if the rest
All start to press
I’ll make up some excuse whatever seems to work best
You said a house is like a sweater
You said that nothing would begin
You said you don't want to get any better
Everyone's asking where you’ve been
Who cares
Some folks venture out and some dig in
Some folks venture out and some dig in
Some folks venture out and some dig in
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7. |
Don't Go it Alone
03:36
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Nobody wants to be a misfit
It’s nice to feel like you fit in
If you initiate a visit
Next thing you know you’re visitin’
So, don’t go it.
Don’t go it alone.
Nobody knows where it’s going
Nobody knows where it ends
It’s not so bad not knowing
If you are going with a friend
So don’t blow it
Don’t go it alone
Here comes that friendly feeling
I don’t know what I should do
The notion’s so appealing
I’m thinking ‘bout thinking of you
Here comes that friendly feeling
I don’t know what I should do
The notion’s so appealing
Thinking about thinking of you
I don’t mind at all
Eating with a good book
Walk at my own pace
In my own space
I don’t mind at all
But look out!
Here comes that friendly feeling
I don’t know what I should do
The notion’s so appealing
I’m thinking about thinking of you
Here comes that friendly feeling
I don’t know what I should do
The notion’s so appealing
I’m thinking ‘bout thinking ‘bout thinking of you
There’re all these people all around you
And yet you feel you’re on your own
And though the notion may astound you
Same goes for everyone you’ve known
Don’t blow it
Don’t go it alone
Don’t go it
Don’t go it
Don’t go it
Don’t go it
Don’t blow it
Don’t go it alone
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8. |
Ghosts Fill the Sky
05:31
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Last time I saw you
It was like no time had passed at all
That’s not unusual but it’s nice
Next time you see me
It’ll be like no time’s passed at all
Again it’s not strange but it’s good
You always understood
We’re staying
We’re staying awake until the ghosts fill the sky
Like the Northern Lights
We’re tired
Tomorrow we’re tired but we don’t care
‘Cause our lives are these memories we’ve saved
If you don’t see me
It means that nothing’s changed at all
Again it’s not strange but it’s good
You always understood
We’re staying
We’re staying awake until the ghosts fill the skies
Like the Northern Lights
We’re tired
Tomorrow we’re tired but we don’t care
‘Cause our lives are these memories we’ve saved
We’re staying
We’re staying awake until the ghosts fill the skies
Like the Northern Lights
We’re tired
Tomorrow we’re tired but we don’t care
‘Cause our lives are these memories we’ve saved
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Where do I start
Where do we end
A permanent part of me
An all weather friend
Heaven is other people's memories
Where do we stay
When we go away
The light on the disco ball
The moon on the bay
Heaven is other people's memories
One by one bye bye lights on
We breathe
Through the stories that we all tell
Living is remembering it all so well
What does it mean
To have been seen?
Heaven is other people's memories
Heaven is other people's memories
Heaven is other people's memories
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When focus starts to fade
And the picture starts to melt
And everything is just something that points at something else
Leaning on a crowd
Then trying to get through
And everyone is just someone who doesn’t notice you
Oh what do we do
This wasn’t what we had wanted
And now we’ve got to regroup
And think things over
It took all the energy you had
Just to get back here
Now every plan is just a plan that’s way too much to bear
Life might be fair
But this wasn’t what we had wanted
So now we’ve got to regroup
And think things over
Waiting for the ice to fall
Every drink’s an hourglass
Keep an eye on each sip
Cause when they’re gone so are we
Who will we be when we’re gone
We, who will we be when we’re gone
We, who will we be when we’re gone
We, who will we be when we’re gone
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Gentle Hen Northampton, Massachusetts
Formerly named School for the Dead.
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